Yes, the Napoleon story is a good example of people's (unfortunately common) tendency to spread themselves thin or attempt to tackle 'too many' things at once.

I've never bought-in to the 'decentralization' narrative. Like, sure, I like some decentralization, and I see it's benefits, but the issue is deeper than that.

Centralization is great and responsible for many of the things people take for granted everyday. I don't see an iPhone being developed by a rag-tag community, but I do see it being developed by a visionary leader.

The Mainstream couldn't give a shit about elevating ideology ... they only care about whether a thing works and whether it's easy to use.

Great point, totally agreed, and I've said the same here many times.

"We're not in it for the money," exclaim the holier-than-thou and soon-to-be-crucified martyrs (as they nevertheless do everything within their power to increase the size of their wallets).

Hah, yep.

Those unwilling to "fight to win," are well on their way to losing.

Spot on.

Wishing you a great day.

P.S. I'm no stranger to long posts (I've broken hive's character-limit many times), lol. 🙏